LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky experienced near normal temperatures and above normal rainfall over the past week. Precipitation for the week totaled 1.64 inches, 0.88 inches above normal. Temperatures averaged 53 degrees for the week, near normal. Topsoil moisture was rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 70 percent adequate and 29 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 1 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 21 percent surplus. Days suitable for fieldwork averaged 3.7 out of a possible seven.
Primary activities for the week included harvesting corn and soybeans, sowing wheat, and stripping tobacco. However, wet conditions hampered field activity and resulted in some reports of quality issues in soybeans, lodging in corn and houseburn in tobacco. Pastures are in mostly good condition with cattle and calves obtaining 59 percent of feed from them. Some hay is being fed. Eighty percent of the current wheat crop is in good to excellent condition.
— USDA, NASS, Kentucky Field Office
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